Miriam Makeba: The Musician who Fought Apartheid and was Exiled for 30 years

This was Miriam Makeba, the legendary South African musician, who was known as Mama Africa and the Empress of African song. Miriam Makeba was well known for her unforgettable voice, but no one can deny she played an even bigger part in South African history.

She was one of the most visible and outspoken opponents of South Africa's apartheid regime from the 1950s till its dismantling in the early 1990s. Makeba was the quintessential freedom fighter who during the repressive apartheid regime decided to boldly use her music to directly criticize the apartheid government.

This was by no means an easy task, but one that only a true warrior like herself could undertake. Miriam Makeba did not care about the consequences because freedom for the oppressed was what fuelled her passion, in spite of the harassment she received from the government.……


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